diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 939c56639..e8def33bf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 gear
 PyYAML
 python-jenkins
-paramiko
+paramiko>1.9.0
 lockfile
 python-daemon
 extras